In 1997, Lopiccolo visited the Guild Gallery on Lee Avenue and met several local artists who were taking art lessons.

She decided to join the Terrebonne Fine Arts Guild and began taking art classes with Karen Kelly.

She continued studying art by taking workshops offered at the gallery. Some of the local and regional artists she studied with include Darlene Johnson, Sandra Brushell, Rhea Gary, Connie Coogan, Sue Sickles, Mary Jane Cox, Bert Andry and others. Her artwork has been exhibited in local and regional art shows where she has won several awards.

As a member of Terrebonne Fine Arts Guild, she has held the office of president and currently is gallery director and newsletter editor. Her artwork on display includes abstracts, landscapes and collage in oil, acrylic, pastel and watercolor.

Bergeron developed a love of art at an early age by attending private and high-school art classes. She received a Bachelor of Arts from Nicholls State University in education with some course work in art and certification in elementary and kindergarten education.

Bergeron later attended the University of New Orleans to receive her degree in library science, which allowed her to become a school librarian in an elementary school. For the past seven years, Bergeron has taught pastel classes for the summer art program at the gallery. She is an active member of Terrebonne Fine Arts Guild and a board member of Louisiana Center for the Arts.

Continuing her art education by taking workshops with several regional artists, she has begun entering art competitions and gathering awards for her artwork. Her pastels and watercolor paintings will be on exhibit at the gallery.

Terrebonne Fine Arts Guild is again sponsoring an evening with the arts at the annual Art After Dark, scheduled from 6:30 to 9:30 p.m. Sept. 8 in downtown Houma.

Several artists will have displays in Downtown Memorial Park and as a special treat LeFevre’s Art Supply will have an exhibit at Old City Court portico featuring a community art piece for everyone to try their hand at painting.

In addition to these art exhibits which will feature paintings, photography, jewelry and fabric art, there will also be music.

The Houma-Terrebonne Community Stage Band will perform in Courthouse Square, several groups will play at the Memorial Park and a two-piece band will be at Downtown Art Gallery 630.

Several others may be added before the event takes place.

So take your family and meet your friends along Main Street from Barrow to Lafayette, including Belanger and Goode Streets, and enjoy an evening out with the arts.

Terrebonne Fine Arts Guild, Houma Reprographics & Map, Chase Bank, Main Street Manager and Downtown Business Association are sponsoring this year’s event. This program is supported in part by the Terrebonne Parish Arts Funding program as administered by Houma Regional Arts Council.

Members exhibiting artwork around town include Karen Kelly at Café Milano/Aficionados, Earl Theriot at Griffin’s Po-Boy & Grill and Carolyn Blanchard Pellegrin at Southdown Museum.

A workshop, "Painting Abstracts," is being offered Oct. 16 at Downtown Art Gallery 630. The instructor is local artist, Karen Kelly. Anyone interested in attending can contact Workshop Chairman, Jessy Martin at (985) 632-2614 or e-mail at her jsymrtn@mobiletel.com.

Members-only competition: The next competition for members of Terrebonne Fine Arts Guild, "Landscape Miniatures," are due Oct. 1 at the gallery.

Here are a few thoughts about color in paintings.

1. A painting should have a dominant color that is readily evident. 2. Complementary color may be introduced, occupying much smaller space at full intensity, or a greater area if "grayed." 3. Discord colors (colors equal distance on the color wheel from the dominant color and from each other- form a triangle with one point on the dominant color -- the other two corners are the discord colors for that dominant color) add spice to the painting if added sparingly, in approximately equal amounts.

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